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POETRY. La-vLIS A i ' < I From A night Wuni'd with sicwy A wilderneea of tear*. ^ . ... ? We wandetf bound to fcmpty stow, The slaves of boasted, will ; N \VeArand croupes to hope untrue, j|^d love to wander stl^ 9* We wander, while unfading joyf , . - We ne'er with zest approve ; : '?? The bliss that sparklea to destroy, Secures our warmest love. _ Some syren leads our steps astray, But speaks no peace within ; We wander in a flowery way ; , x Wfe wander, heira of sin I fe/r-! ? - er ; but, though oft we roam, allurement strong, / Yet frora^yr heavenl Wc would not ? ; s ' Cleanse us. Si y In nancy's living Restore the lost, andTrfrig aMltt The. Wanderer back to OoMr ?* ^ . r. - Midtellaneous. ."fN i > v. T ?Fr\? Biickn^i Edinburg Magazine. "ms of Burns, (he "ay nteht, ig universal ly felt to be the iffit beautiful and interesting. .That pftture of dornes tic peuce and purity \va9 drawn by the poet when his own ?ul was peaceful and pure; and accordingly, there sleeps over it a calm and un troubled light, through which the virtues, the wisdori^ and happiness o( lowty life shin* Jforth in subliipe simplicity. ? We Mtw that this de lightful poem wa? composed at the, }h, auU that f)?As AtHfltyl huu and ufcBte heart, during the t<M ^ ? that brought vividy before it images of all the most sacred thingB by which that /beusebpld iw blessed. It is impos ^fiMe to imagine any ^pectacle more. to a country, than that of] H||ipe4sant so employed. Poor, uiurepiniug ? toiling, butnotover ae? almost a boy jn years, but a mfrirmstterirth^patiexire, endurance, and heroism ? unconcious in his sim plicity of bis own greatness ? blind to the destiny, aUouco go <hrk and ng mm ? so bright, that was awaiting and yet, wo maV well suppose, not mivisMed by highland jppring thoughts?"~thertr walked that peasant it ^lougriwliom his coun all luiure generations, as the |)Oet and benefactor of her people. This poen?vas com posed m bis heart beneath the son sbiue. and thfe clouds ; and when the IukA o%b<Hlily toil and mental !h ?iratkm were gone by, (and with they were the same,) re at night- fall 0 his, father's sat down reverently in hairs which lie hes of pover I affliction.: JgM poemr, there is offi<y ?yjili^ and almost perfect beaot^r ^jfcevrfy morning be brought tdpt a_ heart fresh with * ffulnes^and virfiie, while the in vals of composition were thus fil 'with all the thoughts, feelings, ai*l images that his genios has reii-^ dered Immortals 4" he subject was a happy one? happy beyond what could have been *he lot oi any poet born in any other country, tor, in Scot land alone, and I say so with a due Heiisnef the v if lues Of Kngland,' does tlieir exist among the peasantry ,4 a union of knowledge, mortality and religion, so universal, and so intense, ami so solemn, as to constitute JN 4 tionai Oharartcr?- to hallo% and sub lime tiiaf niglu which feels, it Wf re. the *mtluenc2 *lws approach ing rhbbaib, and to render it a week-. \y UftJivnl, he Ut boili? in mirtldui] gladsomcness, <uid m pious conipo sure of heart It is Urn spirit of re ligion that makes the Cotter's Satur ila^JKght al once delightful aod a* ful fflroSr imagination, and fit subject for (he very highest of all poetry. ? We know, that on that night the bi ble is opened in ten thousand dwel lings? -and thatqijfe voice of psalms and of prayers wmrd deep down in th* gleas and high up on the hills Oilflrttt might I will not say that ^baJt&dsbipaAiHl wants of lowly life V* ^3 those wbdA lot it ir them ? for sfrong and te nacrol& must needs be the memory of theooor? but I will say that if their haruships and wants are not then for cotten, so neither are their enjoy* foents and their blessings ; that in the calm confidence which the humble feel when on their kneess before God and their Redeemer, fe# and sorrow minister unto piety, that it is suffi cient for their gratittMe, that while their blessings are so gr^, their miseries are not far greater-^nd that human life with rail its inevitable woes, seems ytjf, to the contented' cotter, a scene never wholly deserted by the sunshine of a Gracious Hea ven. Truly may it be said, that in Scotland, the. last fright of ever? veflik u divides *tlrc year, and lifts lM soul to Heaven." Well is the dKbbauf morn preceeded by a nidpt in which happiness prej^tres the heat^jpr devotion. # The picture which Burns has drawn -of that hallowed scene, is felt by evejry one that' has a human heart? but they alone can see all its beauty, who have visited tbe fire sides of the Scottish peasantry, ami ioM|d in their Tamily worship. ? fhey who have done so, see in the poem nothing but the simple truth so purified, refined) and elevated by devotion, as to become the highest poetry. - Iflkay a Saturday^ght has the writer^rthis joined in that sim ple service; more than once, when! depth had just visited the cottage? ! but at al) time% whether those of joy or affiictio*^-there was the same solemn resignation to the divine will, the same; amuestioning, humble, #ise, submis*on--the same perfect peace, and even lofty happiness ? nor did he ever see one shudder, nor hear one- sob that seemed to sig nify dispairt il Then kneeling down to Heaven'* eter Jfc nalgKin^T ^The Saint, the Father, apd the Hus band prays; , ( - * " JJope springs exulting on triumphant wing,* - . u That thus they arrchall meet in future days* ? 44 TUere ever bask in uncreated raysj "fco *moreto.aigh, or*ahed tlfe bitter tear; w Together hymning, their Creator's praise, ... . 7 s r . " In flfh society, yet still more dear, " W noi circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere.? The last time that I witnessed and partook of sucfc happiness as this, Was one serene and beautiful moon light night, during last fine harvest. 1 had been roaming all day among (hp magnifitent woods that oversha dow the Clyde immediately abpve *na below fiothwelt Castle, near which 1 haduiassed some of iny ear ly years--and atjthe fall of the eVeri ing?t entered a tiotfage which 1 hadMhn visited when a boy, and of WhuMtlie master was even at that time a grey-headed patriarch. 1 found the old jnan still alive, and se tropin arm chair by the fire sido-^he same venerable image that he was nearly twenty years ago, on ly his locks if possible more perfect Jy and purely white, his cheeks ?somewhat more wan and his eyes al most as dim as tlfose of blindness itself. 1 lis daughter, wlw Ivatf been the beauty ?f the parish when 1 was at school, was imJw a meek and gen tly matron, ami carried adN infant iii her msj wljile her* children, With eyes ahd features like^theii number's, were cheerfully, occupied Jou tl?e floor, half -in business am! fmlf play. When 1 bad ntadrl myself knowiF?to the fa&ci 4n<l liis daughter, it is needles* to aaj witlflhhat warmth of hospitality' i wg^o^elcometVs^The old man rest seat a9 ilbon as 1 told mj name, and it wa ? ihtu that 1 aaif in ?)ls tottering steps that live hand of time had touched him, more heavil; than at first bight 1 had ^u|>posod.?? After 1 had narrated the simple stor; j? my life, I learnt, that of ihrirs ? that nothing had happened to them *ince 1 came 'to Ad them farewell on that summer inoruing 1 Jeft school, except that the *ld man's daughte i uad been marrift (as 1 sa*v) to the lover of her youiu ? and th# six children had ? been born, of \vh6i; two, and the ?mother jnentioned it. with low vcflce, but witl&ht tears, had been taken to their* Maker The husband afterwards came xui and before our simple evening meat was over, J felt as if I had bd|u foi years an inmate of the bapp^And innocent family, The old man then said to ine, with| a' kind voice, that he hoped that 1 had not forgotten, in the life 1 had led in foreigu countries, the rieligifius observances of the peaaantrj^of my native land. And, while speaking, his grand-daughter, a beautiful girl of about sixteen years, brought the " big ha* hibie'^ aud laid it gently upon liis knees. " My eyes are not so good," said the pious patriarch, lus when you and your school com panions qsed to come to visit us of old, but there is still light enough in them w hereby to r*ad the word of| God." Nothing could be mote af fecting than the tremuiqp* voice of the old man, whose grey hairs were so soon to be laid in the earth, as he read, amidst the profoundest silcnce, mat chapter of the New Testament that records the flpicifixion. And after tards when the psalm was sung ? those same . ftfeble and almost mouruiul tones wercheyond measure touching, in as much as they Mended w ith the small pipes of the children aud the sweet melody of the female voices. Duriug the ptayor that fol lowed, 1 could nor nelp looking round on the kueehng fajbily ? aud 1 saw close to the white locfcptof him whose was nearly rftn, the bright and* golden bead of h)s little favorite grandson, #v ho, during al most^fc whole evening bad been ait* ting c^iis grandfathers knee. The Ipre of Ood seemed to descend alike on infancy and old age. The parity of the one allied* itself totEe piety of th^gber? and the prayer of who ^ leaving life seem bring a blessing on the head of wlio was just entering u W hen we"aU arose toget prayer, a so^mri hush prev a few minuted over the room, till t^ur hearts, by ' degrees, returned to the thoughts that had previously passed theni, and our conversation, though somewhat more grave than before, recurred to the otc^hary business of Jife %r .on i Co/iy nf a tetter to? Afr*? Fletchery of Edinburgh from m tody in Glatgow, ' Mrs. Fry's manner 4htl voice are delightful, and her communication free ami unembarrassed. She met, by appointment several of the magis trates, Mrs; E wing and a number of ladies at BKdewelT. She tplcl them, with much simplicity, what had been clone at New^^Jp, and pro posed something similar, if fcahould be found practicable, in ? She. entered into vervpleasM con versation with ^aery* ne ; air were delighted when Iwofllred to " speak a little to the imknt Wlpien," but the keeper of JkideWelt skid he feared it was a dangerous experiment, for that they never, but by compnlsim, listened to Heading, and w ftp g*oeT ally deposed io laugh and- turn all into ridicule. She said shf fr*$ pot without fear of thi* happening; but she thought it might give pleasure to soma, and woul% serve to show the ladies what she meant. The women, about an hundred* were then assembled in a large room, and when we *<ent in seemed astpr ished, raitfloubting, and lowerjng* * She, took off her little bmipet nn< sal down Ort a low seat^frorttine^ women, and looking afttntd with kind and 'conciliating manner, ' i with. an eyMhat mcieverjr Vye then *lie said, 'l hd(P8el(er just tell you what we Hire come aboA art^fhe u'ul, she had hail to do with a jPe*! mny jvtK>% women sadly wicked? aoie wicked than any 110W preseu'. .ud how ih^y had recovered frou? kvil. Her l#uguage uas often bibli i al, q}waj% referring to our Saviour's promises, , and cheering, ^jh holy Jiope tho$?* desolate beings. ^^?ould you ?ike to turn from that which in Aiong? twould'you like, if ladies would visit you, and speak Cotpfort ?o you? and help youlo be bette^-* You w ould thejn tell your griefs? (or hey w ho have done wrong have ma~ ?iy sorrows." ^ As she read them the roles, asking them ^wayj if they approved, they were to liolu up their hands n they accede^ At firs^ve sachem datcw, and maliy hands were uuraised? hut Its sbwpoke* tears began to fall. ? One ifly beautiful girl uear me had her e;KT swimming in tears, and her lips i&ved as iFfollowiiTg Mifa. Fry. ! An flUer woman who Jiad her bi bfeMe saw j>ressiqg upon it invo^ luntmly as she became more and more engroised. The hanfls were now qjinost ready to rise at every pause ; and thAe callous, and obdu rate offenders were with one consent bowed before her. In this moment she tovk therBible and read tliQpa rables, of the Lost Sheep, anu the Piece of Silver, atid tye Piydigal *$>n.~ It is not in my powfer to?x-| press to you the effect of their saint ly voice speaking such blessed words. She often paused and looker at the " poor women*" as she named them, with such sweetness as won all their confldenctfHL^pd ?he ap plied with a beaut^md taste, such as I never before heard, the parts of the stor$, " H is father saw him when he was yet afar off, See." A solemn pause succeeded the reading, and rest ing the large Bible on thewftind, we saw jper ou her kn^pa before the wo:o*n. * Heir prayer was soothing* and elevating, and the musicial voice, in tbe recitative style, t felt it like ft mothers song to a suffering child. Glasgow BriieweUy was visited by E+ Fry, 9th mo, iQth> I8IQ, From thejV. Y. National Advocate. . Batcheiors look (Hfljfr? Ths follow ing advertisement iiA a Philadel phia pflter. ... A lady rich, ami an old maST, (for eheaajs nothing about age,, excepting that she has lost time) wants a husband, but ahe sruts a man "of mind and mannA^^ex travagant creature as aba is ? she way as well look % green peas at Christ mas, so gnat is the rarity.* She I writes well, smAri enough wttb her 'pen, and, no doubt, up to a thing or two. Should Kks to know wbo| site is? if she can fancy a dandy, Lve can supply her with lots from this U Ffrilaiefphia, Jwne 0. ? fed mftny suitors in hcrWhfc, aud VrtiMmroeen, per haps &>t umustty ^barged with HckU ves^t^wtfiQ* just discrimi nation, feels.Aons?Ws now of the value iu the Iom of time, afM.it in delibly imprt'dSsttwith the coffV (hat the presets life is hot poor 5 she would therefore 1 remedy past liwhsness, and be??? the Uet of life disturb or render mor bid the' sources and Springs of justi fiable apd natural endlkrtnent*, ould willingly avail henp&ef tlife nst honorablo offer, aaA.nohefose being allied as conMif to a gentleman Ijof good repute. J'- ; ItW wealthiest; but riches, aha i* laxVare, doe* not produce talent, At th^igh if affords leisure Ip cuUivate it. And,/ a? b? ptnperfr l*$ttply sufRcienf-to afford even cftmfort, elegance and 'luxury of life, having Tunda to the southward, exceeding mo hundred thousand* d ' jicplndent of what 6he?_ ? , -dsposal iu (his state,) herchief wish Ad. desire is to be united, as before bfcerved, to a Otptleman ; this term, owevpr (hough prtfise and definite ?J her, dwy fllbt to generally vsoj here rtfcf' title it claimed U)',J1h> ?rone; fkr tioba not mean anrli Uentlqmcn as compose the multituclt or Canaille , or as formerly under U? a man Ul UieUUll aCCUjnpll&il v units ; ur in other wor^, a man of iiind a ud^ mutt we*#. ? 'In? uior^aud jie -better he is furnished wilh res ect to the latter qualities if blended .v it h a social aud generous disposi tion, and the less incumbered with ihal gold the jwqrld idolizes, the more acceptable wHl he be to her, as she can then avail herself of those feelings of grateful recollection, iit seper&l^ from air honorable mind; and wipebp though (lie verbal ex pression of, m, aud of right should ue withheld, is discernable iu ewy look, word and action? with, these qua locations, aud limited in iris de* votiou to revelry, or the sanctions , of the table ? corteeus and affable to ladies general%, hut aiiectionate on ly to herself. She will think, for such an exchange, the transfer of her nand and . property^ the happiest eveut of her life, blie presumes suf ficient ideas have hmL^irtced^ to render the object and meaning of this communication ineligible yet, as this public mode of making ijfer sen timents know n, ra&y not only be con? demned by the fastidious, whose ? opiuion slie regards not, hut by in^ ny, who, but for their hyperbolic adu lation in addressing l^er, would be more regarded; she will not at^iis time give her cavd ; but as JuttM) uu known as Junius, intermixed with society, and heard himself lauded or seusured, ahe will, in-her round* If visits, learn, whether in a female, this mode uM^f be eplUNttint to pro* pricty or not ; if it is, she writ) in t few dajs, direct whqre she may be ?' addressed, by ?ote, and to convince her it is not, something more than the cold frigid manners of the city must be urged, before the enthusiasm r - v ? * iui8 novel For the following character ? of Washington Ihving, the classical author of the Sketch Bookj we are indebted to the fort Folio. It is to he regretted a more minate-biogNpby of ibis gentlemten baa not beep given*. i WASHINGTON IRVING, xssat. ?*** r can intuitive delicate and and playfut, brilliant r eomhinatipnof i> a taste the i a humour* rich , ind sto^d wHh .< and ludicroue tffckh lasli witfak aportife _ follies of ; (M day, w fine touches df m I this satirist werewarly ripened latOMUrtM lence. Ptomnture < ' genius, so freqneutly i . HWfii, was, in this instance, UmT runnier of a rich eft! jjruitftd rtr. Irving'! iterative an WBBMI agination ia-boundle* and excursive^ his intellectual features bold, yet finely proportioned, like the Apollo WvWere, unite flnhneaa to del* , and strength i n his manners to strangers, j^ser ope AfiLkle end coHJmdbkWrve to the companions of Ms apciathoura^ In colloquial enlertainiiiffilfi,ms wit seldom, aa night nakatl/ he Mt^ecu ed, flashes on (he bnin, or kindles < the heart into merriment. Deficient in readiness of expression, "his words follow at a distance the^elefrty of hit conceptions. In bjs strictures on th\ fine arts, and bis relUctions on taetjr land manners* he display* a hn<flv ledge of polite learning, end of hu man nature, c? tensive, critical, and |jiw(? . * y ( ? ? A lady's shoe seller at Norfolk, advertises, as a closing |>ai t of |ii? Variety, few pair of Lynti Shoes ??JPind4r'8 Marti j), well made, stitch as within hail of etch other, frojn 75 ir wlurt Dr. Darn nominate the /crrfe if Wight justly j <y the plant*.